What We "Become" is the fifth episode which follows Rick and Michonne after they got out of the deserted settlement, with a high possibility of them being believed to be dead. With the episode's premise: Dangerous people make Rick and Michonne's journey difficult. This episode has the iconic duo in Wyoming and the scenery, sets used and overall production design, makes for a colorful and original episode. Like Scott Gimple said, it's like a post-apocalyptic honey moon between these two, a honey moon with the duo being hunted.
This week's episode of TWD: The Ones Who Live "Become" was directed by The Walking Dead veteran Michael E. Satrazemis and written by Gabriel Llanas & Matthew Negrete, the direction and visual storytelling were excellent, and the writing changed from good to average, good dialogue throughout though. Back to the direction and visual storytelling, Michael E. Satrazemis who have directed Multiple episodes per season in The Walking Dead and then Fear TWD along with being producer, he's a perfect choice to direct an episode. He handles every scene brilliantly and makes sure there are brilliant shots as well as the actors are doing their finest work, which they are. It's the first episode which felt like the original The Walking Dead, people simply surviving, and the episode was reminiscent of episode 7.12 "Say Yes", and although I liked that episode when it aired I wouldn't call it a great episode. It had some great character moments and that was about it, this episode of The Ones Who Live had exactly that, great character moments. The scenes with suspension and tension never had me on the edge of my seat and that isn't a good thing, as throughout the whole show I've been doing just that. The writing for those random survivors was something to criticize, so was the whole showdown with them. The plot armor was quite big this episode for Rick and Michonne, something I sighed at, why not write into an injury on Michonne? That would have made the episode more suspenseful.
The production design and art direction is terrific, so is the mise-en-scene and cinematography for the show. The musical score is something I haven't commented about but it's spectacular. The increased budget makes for better production design and visual effects, overall making a better show in every department along with the actors. The episode starts with Father Gabriel with a helicopter in the distance, audible to him and us viewers. What does this mean? The Ones Who Live is getting extremely close to tying everything together, yet the pacing in this episode was just off, with the flashbacks with Gabriel and Jadis taking you away from the tension and suspension which you see in Rick and Michonne's scenes. I did like the scenes though, compelling drama and character interaction with these two characters, very nice to see Gabriel again with Seth Gilliam giving a great performance. Pollyanna McIntosh is incredible in this episode, giving the episode's best performance, and that includes both flashbacks and present day. Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira is also quite good but you see in the writing that there isn't anything for them to truly do, like in previous episodes. The cinematography is incredible in this episode, the shot inside the cabin is spectacular. There's countless others. To end my review, I really liked the ending and what it sets up, especially the marriage proposal which feels the right way for the two. This episode was far from perfect though, yet Jadis' death scene was perfect and brilliantly written. She has long been an interesting character and one who's been very conflicted. In World Beyond, she was the antagonist and her performance in season 2 is why I was so hyped with her being a prominent character in The Ones Who Live, with them even showing her killing Huck in this episode as a quick flashback. Her death scene, the combination of the flashback to present made for some great drama and a fitting ending for Jadis, a great scene. Both in editing and pacing along with some writing, it's quite flawed with, yet by the end of the episode it's kind of redeemed of the former two. Overall it's a quite a good episode, a bit laid back and more adventure like which can be a good thing. I liked the episode and can't wait for the finale next week.
This week's episode of TWD: The Ones Who Live "Become" was directed by The Walking Dead veteran Michael E. Satrazemis and written by Gabriel Llanas & Matthew Negrete, the direction and visual storytelling were excellent, and the writing changed from good to average, good dialogue throughout though. Back to the direction and visual storytelling, Michael E. Satrazemis who have directed Multiple episodes per season in The Walking Dead and then Fear TWD along with being producer, he's a perfect choice to direct an episode. He handles every scene brilliantly and makes sure there are brilliant shots as well as the actors are doing their finest work, which they are. It's the first episode which felt like the original The Walking Dead, people simply surviving, and the episode was reminiscent of episode 7.12 "Say Yes", and although I liked that episode when it aired I wouldn't call it a great episode. It had some great character moments and that was about it, this episode of The Ones Who Live had exactly that, great character moments. The scenes with suspension and tension never had me on the edge of my seat and that isn't a good thing, as throughout the whole show I've been doing just that. The writing for those random survivors was something to criticize, so was the whole showdown with them. The plot armor was quite big this episode for Rick and Michonne, something I sighed at, why not write into an injury on Michonne? That would have made the episode more suspenseful.
The production design and art direction is terrific, so is the mise-en-scene and cinematography for the show. The musical score is something I haven't commented about but it's spectacular. The increased budget makes for better production design and visual effects, overall making a better show in every department along with the actors. The episode starts with Father Gabriel with a helicopter in the distance, audible to him and us viewers. What does this mean? The Ones Who Live is getting extremely close to tying everything together, yet the pacing in this episode was just off, with the flashbacks with Gabriel and Jadis taking you away from the tension and suspension which you see in Rick and Michonne's scenes. I did like the scenes though, compelling drama and character interaction with these two characters, very nice to see Gabriel again with Seth Gilliam giving a great performance. Pollyanna McIntosh is incredible in this episode, giving the episode's best performance, and that includes both flashbacks and present day. Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira is also quite good but you see in the writing that there isn't anything for them to truly do, like in previous episodes. The cinematography is incredible in this episode, the shot inside the cabin is spectacular. There's countless others. To end my review, I really liked the ending and what it sets up, especially the marriage proposal which feels the right way for the two. This episode was far from perfect though, yet Jadis' death scene was perfect and brilliantly written. She has long been an interesting character and one who's been very conflicted. In World Beyond, she was the antagonist and her performance in season 2 is why I was so hyped with her being a prominent character in The Ones Who Live, with them even showing her killing Huck in this episode as a quick flashback. Her death scene, the combination of the flashback to present made for some great drama and a fitting ending for Jadis, a great scene. Both in editing and pacing along with some writing, it's quite flawed with, yet by the end of the episode it's kind of redeemed of the former two. Overall it's a quite a good episode, a bit laid back and more adventure like which can be a good thing. I liked the episode and can't wait for the finale next week.